Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


"A party of negroes numbering about
Rock, Arkansas.
Columbia is invaded by a detachment of
the Salvation Army, which is making tour
of the State, having visited Greenyille and
Spartanburg.
IS. A. Pearce, of Abbevile, has just
closed contract to furnish that city with
100000 Belgian blocks, for paving the
streets of that city. He will have the
blocks cut at his quarry in Abbeville.
- Another attempt was made to burn the
town of Edgefield early on Tuesday morn
ing of last week. The incendiary fire was
discovered in the law Office formerly occu
pied by +. a. Gloverand soon eXtinguished.
- While George Payseur, young mer
chant of Lancaster, was in the act of letting
the hammer of his gun down, one of the
barrels discharged, the load striking Pay
seYr's foot and carrying off one of his toes.
tr-A good example for farmers is shown
by an Abbeville man, who says that he
has been married forty-eight years and his
wife has never eaten pound of bacon or
a morsel of bread that was not raised at
home, unless it was when she was away on
visit.
Robert Sr,alls, with his attorney, f. w.
Brayton, were in Columbia last Friday,
looking up the election returns from several
precincts in Berkeley and in Beaufort cOun-
ty, on file in the office of Secretary of State.
A statement of the returns was made up to
be used as evidence. Smalls hopes to throw
out enough boxes to squeeze him into Con-
gress.
Lancaster RevieW: The Rev. j. w.
Wolling, one of the ablest and most Jealous
workers in the Methodist Conference, who
is we'll known to the citizens of Lancaster,
having been stationed here several years,
will shortly take his departure for Brazil,
where he will labor in future in the capaci-
ty of a missionary.
Anderson L,atelliqencer: Miss Samuella
Brown, one of Anderson's most excellent
young ladies, has volunteered her servi-
ces as missionary to China, in response to
a call from the Missionary Board of the
NJ. F.. Church, South. Miss Brown will
shortly leave for Nashville, Tenn, where
she will confer with the Board, and if ac-
cepted, will at once prepare to leave for
her field of labor.
Robert Jones, colored, convict from
Richland county, was killed last Friday
while working on the Columbia Canal, by
the caving in Of an embankment. The ac-
cident occurred above the cemetery where
the convicts are now working. Jones was
digging out the earth from the foot of the
embankment and had dug in until he had
made a cave in the bank. Suddenly the
mass of earth above gave way and descend
ed upon the unfortunate workman, bury
ing him alive.
Mr.. J. S. Goodwin who lived in Kings
tree county, was killed in very singular
manner on the 31st ult. He was hauling
tor hor Wi fun XUhan
wheels Of his wagon struck stump. He
went to the tongue of his wagon to guide
it so as to let the wheel clear the stump, and
while thus engaged the oxen started off,
and before he could get out Of the way,
the piece of timber that he was hauling
caught his leg between log that was lying
on the ground, and literally pealed the
flesh off to the bone. Medical aid was sum-
moned as soon as possible, but before relief
could be rendered he bled to death.
NzAbout a year ago, says the Orangeburg
t1Maes, number of colored people left the
st. Matthews section Of our county and
they have been struggling back one by one,
until only few remained in the so-called
land of promise to which they had been
decoyed, and they were very much dissat-
isfed, and wrote to friends here to send
them money to come back with. Their
friends did not have it, but they found a
benefactor in the person of Mr.. l.. M.
Whaley, who dispatched an ageut to Mis-
sissippi with money to bring the poor de-
luded creatures back home, where they ar
rived about ten days ago.
Quite sensation was created in Green
Vile the other day, by the appearance of
Calvin Germany, from Hogback mountain,
who claims that he has just found out that
the negroes have been emancipated. 1t
seems that during the last year of the war
he left the city and went up into the noun
tains, and was taken by Mr.. Holly, being
under the impression that he was still in
slavery. He has since then thought the
same, never having been told otherwise
nor having been anywhere to find out. He
says that he has been repeatedly whipped,
but don't remember the last time, and when
asked what he was whipped for, said he
supposed for half work. He would prob
ably have died under the impression that
he was still in slavery, but brother of his
discovered him last Christmas and brought
him awy. He is under average intelli-
gence, and but little credence is given to
his story.